Google Chrome is working your Mac hard. Close Google Chrome?
Your MacHotFine
Kept. It won’t ask about Google Chrome again today.
Sound familiar?
The things that go wrong on almost every Mac.
Real screenshots of the problems people search for most.
Slow, hot and loud
47 tabs later, the fans won’t stop.
Something is working your Mac flat out and you can’t tell what. Safe to Quit lists what’s busy in plain words, names the one causing it, and checks it’s safe to close before you do.
Closing works like choosing Quit yourself, so apps can ask you to save first.
Storage full
7 GB left. 91 GB you can clear safely.
Old downloads, an iPhone backup from two phones ago, an installer you ran once, apps you haven’t opened in a year. Safe to Quit adds it all up, biggest first, and you pick what goes.
Everything you pick goes to the Trash first, so you can put it back. macOS and Apple’s apps are never touched.
Where did it all go?
See what’s filling your disk, folder by folder.
System Data, Photos, Downloads, iCloud: one map of the whole disk, biggest first. It only reads, so it’s safe to click around and finally see where 249 GB went.
Click any folder to look inside it. Nothing moves unless you choose it on the Free Up Space page.
Starts on its own
You deleted TeamViewer. It still starts with your Mac.
Dragging an app to the Trash leaves its helpers behind, and some still launch every time you log in. Safe to Quit shows everything that starts with your Mac, flags the leftovers and removes them in one click.
Each item says which app it belongs to and what it does, in a sentence.
Awake all night
Chrome kept it awake all night. The battery lost 39%.
A video tab or a download can keep a Mac awake for hours, running warm and draining the battery. Each morning Safe to Quit tells you whether your Mac slept, what kept it up and what it cost.
Turn it on and it can warn you at bedtime next time.
New in 1.5
Is your Mac locked down? Most people never check.
Eight checks a security pro would run, in plain English, with one click to the right setting. It only reads, never changes anything.
$1.46 billionreported lost to tech-support scams in the US in 2024. Many begin with a stranger on a remote-access app. Safe to Quit flags TeamViewer and AnyDesk leftovers, sharing left on and open doors on your Wi-Fi.FBI Internet Crime Report 2024
A security checkup, scored out of 10
Disk encryption, updates, screen lock, firewall, sharing, remote-access leftovers and open doors. See what to fix, then open the right setting in one click.
Who used your camera and mic
Every app that turned on your camera or microphone, when and for how long. Zoom at 2:14 AM? You’ll see it.
Who’s on the internet
Which apps used the internet today and how much they sent, plus anything other devices on your Wi-Fi could reach.
Not sure where to start? Check my Mac.
One button walks you through it all in about a minute: what’s slow, what you can clear, what starts on its own, how it slept and how safe it is.
Which one is safe to quit?
It tells you which apps you can close, and leaves the rest alone.
Click any app and it checks first: uploads, calls, the mic, unsaved work. Parts of macOS are never closed, so you can’t break anything.
It knows 369 parts of macOS by name and explains each one in a plain sentence.
Never force quits
Closing works exactly like choosing Quit yourself. Apps get to ask you to save your work.
Leaves macOS alone
Parts of macOS are explained, never closed. Nothing of yours is deleted: files you choose go to the Trash.
Stays on your Mac
Nothing about your Mac is sent anywhere. The only thing it asks the internet is whether a newer version exists.
No account, no subscription
Pay once and it’s yours. No sign-up, no login, no monthly bill.
The rest of the time
Quiet until it matters.
Under 1% of your Mac’s power
It checks quietly every few seconds, and the download is about 4 MB.
It learns what’s normal
It learns each of your apps, so a video app that’s always busy won’t nag you.
At most 3 nudges a day
Turn on notifications and it asks the same yes or no question in a normal Mac notification. Never between 10 PM and 8 AM.
Pricing
Pay once. It’s yours for good.
No subscription and no account. Every update is free.
Until November 30
1 Mac
$49
$29
one time, yours to keep
$29 until November 30. Then it’s $49.
The full app, no features held back
Free updates, offered right in the app
Download link by email, right after you pay
Signed and checked by Apple, installs in one drag
3 Macs
$49
one time, yours to keep
For the family, or your desk and laptop.
Everything in the 1 Mac tag, on three Macs.
10 Macs
$99
one time, yours to keep
For a small team.
Everything in the 1 Mac tag, on ten Macs.
Secure checkout by Stripe. 14-day refund, no questions: one button, straight back to your card.
Questions
Do I need to know anything technical?
No. That’s the whole point. You never see words like “process” or “CPU”. It says things like “Google Chrome is working your Mac hard” and gives you two buttons.
Could it break something?
No. It only ever asks apps to quit the normal way, the same as choosing Quit from the app’s menu, and only after you say yes. It never force quits, never touches parts of macOS, and never deletes anything on its own. When you want space back, you pick the files and they go to the Trash, so you can put them back.
Is it an antivirus?
No, and it doesn’t pretend to be. It doesn’t scan your files. It checks the settings that keep strangers out, checks that macOS’s own protection is switched on, and shows what starts with your Mac and which apps use your camera, mic and internet, so anything odd stands out.
Will it slow my Mac down?
It uses under 1% of your Mac’s power while it watches. It’s a small native Mac app, about 4 MB to download.
Which Macs does it work on?
Macs with macOS 13 Ventura or later, with Apple silicon or Intel. On most Apple silicon Macs it also shows the temperature. Where a Mac doesn’t share that, it still warns you when your Mac is hot, using macOS’s own heat signal.
Does it send my data anywhere?
No. Everything it notices stays on your Mac. Up to twice a day it checks safetoquit.com for a newer version, and that request carries nothing about you or your Mac. You can turn that off in Settings.
How do I get it after I pay?
You’ll see a download button straight away, and the same link arrives by email. Open the file, drag Safe to Quit into Applications, and open it. Its window opens, and a small icon stays in your menu bar at the top right. Lost the email? Get your link again.
What if it doesn’t help me?
Get a full refund within 14 days on the refund page. Enter the email you bought with, press the button in the email we send, and the money goes straight back to your card. No questions asked.
Stop guessing what’s wrong with your Mac.
Next time it’s hot, slow, full or acting strange, the answer is one click away.